Re: C&S RPO / Coach 43 in C&Sn3 -- An Adventure in Resin-Printed Rolling Stock

Posted by Jim Courtney on
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Hey Mike,

That is an On3 brake wheel on the blind end, a Grandt Lovestead 16" diameter wheel. Foothill used to offer them as well. They are the only On3 wheels that I've found with the correct curving spokes. Even so, they are undersized in S scale, 21" in diameter, while the real thing had 24" diameter wheels.

There is a reason I haven't yet installed the chain from the brake wheel housing to end beam. The current wheel and staff are removable. Bill Meredith is hard at work preparing the kits for C&S baggage cars 1 and 2 for fall delivery. At my request, the correct 24" brake wheels will be etched in nickel-silver, and I'll grab a few extra etching sets for this car and maybe a combine 26 or 30.